Spijkerboer, ‘Sexual identity, normativity and asylum‘, 2013
- Category: Literature
- Source: Academic
- Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality, Refugee/Asylum, Human Rights, LGBT+
- Place: Europe
- Year: 2013
- URL: http://thomasspijkerboer.eu/gender-sexuality/sexual-identity-normatively-and-asylum/
Thomas Spijkerboer, ‘Sexual identity, normativity and asylum‘, in Thomas Spijkerboer (Ed.), Fleeing Homophobia. Sexual orientation, gender identity and asylum, London & New York: Routledge 2013, p. 217-238
Abstract
This article gives an overview of legal articles on LGBT asylum issues. It argues for a non-essentialist understanding of sexual identity when advocating asylum for persecuted LGBT people.